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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Siva Ganesh Movva, San Jose, CA (US);
Emmanuel Lalande, Lachine, CA;
Michael C. Laster, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sarish Jain, Mumbai, IN;
Stephen M. Polansky, South Lake Tahoe, CA (US);
Karthikeyan Pattabiraman, Belmont, CA (US);
Swadesh Bhattacharya, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Raghunandan K. Pai, Saratoga, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, non-transitory machine-readable mediums, and system to provide that a delegate server receives authentication credentials from a first sharee electronic device, determines at least one cryptographic key and metadata accessible to a first sharee corresponding to the received authentication credentials, the metadata defines a set of conditions for a share of location information for an accessory device, evaluates the metadata to determine if the set of conditions are satisfied, upon determination that the set of conditions are satisfied, sends the metadata and the at least one cryptographic key to the first sharee electronic device, receives an indication that a second sharee electronic device is joining the share of location information for the accessory device, and sends at least one update for the cryptographic key and the metadata.